Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: simk on June 28, 2025, 06:16:27 pm
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I made this one for some fellow that shoots longbow competition with his Howard Hill glassbow. Hopefully now can convert him to a woodie and save his soul ;D
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thanx for watching
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I made this one for some fellow that shoots longbow competition with his Howard Hill glassbow. Hopefully now can convert him to a woodie and save his soul ;D
very nicely done HH style.
It would be interesting to hear more about how hickory backed yew works out. The hickory looks very thin. I should think it will work fine.
Did it take any set?
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Gorgeous bow, love the colour of the Yew against the Hickory.
Del
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Thanks Del
Minimizing set was priority here because of the higher drawweight and in fact it did not take a lot. I glued in about 7cm of reflex and preserved around 4. That is very good imho. My approach was
1 make it long enough 68.5ntn
2 use the better yew
3 heattreat the yew before glueup
4 use hickory instead of boo
5 make a flat belly
6 tiller careful
I normally dont like a hickory backing for a 40# bow....it clearly makes the slower bow than boo. But it does stress the belly less. Its the give and take gamble 😁
Cheers :)
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Nice bow, that should bring him around. :)
Pappy
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I normally dont like a hickory backing for a 40# bow....it clearly makes the slower bow than boo. But it does stress the belly less. Its the give and take gamble 😁
presuming both boo and hickory have the same effect although in differing amounts....
it would seem with any backing that has a different stiffness than the belly, that "how much" is just as important as "what"